Lovely art by grape tylenol The Draft League subforum's inaugural Summer Seasonal is here! Being the second Type A tour and the first double elimination tour in the circuit, it'll provide a multitude of points towards this year's Draft League Circuit. The tour will be hosted by Nyx and Theia and take place in the [Gen 9] Tera Preview Paldea Dex Draft tier on Pokémon Showdown!
Please note that during the even numbered bracket rounds after round 3 (so rounds 4, 6, 8 etc.), only the losers bracket will play. This is to ensure that both brackets reach finals at the same time.
- You have up to 90 points with which to draft 8 Pokémon. Costs are listed on your pool’s tab on the drafting spreadsheet.
- If a Pokémon is picked by someone else, you may not pick it.
- For the first round, there is a 12 hour timer. After the first round ends, there will be a continuous 6 hour timer within which you must pick, or you will be skipped, and will be required to make-up your pick when you are next online. All timers are off between 10pm-7am local time (check your pools pinned message for local time).
- Your timer will halve every time you are skipped. It is recommended to leave picks (with backups) with your pool moderator to avoid this.
- Once the draft is over, you must declare one Tera Captain. This is the only Pokémon on your draft that may Terastallize.
- The following complex bans are in place:
- No Pokémon may use the move Last Respects
- No Pokémon may use the move Shed Tail.
- No Pokémon may hold the item Leppa Berry - The following Pokémon may not be Tera-Captains:
- Baxcalibur
- Dragonite
- Iron Bundle
- Iron Valiant
- Palafin 
- Regieleki
- Roaring Moon
- Tornadus-Therian
- Urshifu-Single-Strike
- Zamazenta-Crowned - The following Pokémon have access to all of their forms (although you may only bring up to 1 to each battle):
- Pikachu
- Basculin 
- Oricorio 
- Toxtricity 
- Indeedee 
- Basculegion 
- Oinkologne 
- Maushold 
- Squawkabilly 
- Tatsugiri 
- Dudunsparce 
- If a Pokémon that is available in SV is untiered, please ask a host.
- Smogon’s Species Clause applies to your draft.
- All games must be played in the [Gen 9] Tera Preview Paldea Dex Draft tier on smogtours.psim.us or psim.us.
- General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
- SV cartridge win conditions are in place; there are no ties.
- Each set is a best-of-one set.
- The following clauses apply:
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokémon with the same National Pokédex number on a team.
- Sleep Clause: If a player has already put a Pokémon on their opponent's side to sleep and it is still sleeping, another one can't be put to sleep.
- Evasion Clause: A Pokémon may not hold an item, use a move or possess an ability that can increase their evasion stat
- OHKO Clause: A Pokémon may not have the moves Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, or Sheer Cold in its moveset.
- Moody Clause: A team cannot have a Pokémon with the ability Moody.
- Endless Battle Clause: Players cannot intentionally prevent an opponent from being able to end the game without forfeiting.
- Baton Pass Clause: A Pokémon may not have Baton Pass in its moveset. - Any items unreleased in SV are banned.
- Replays must be posted to the pool/round thread, please mention the result, your opponent's name and your pool number.
- Rankings within pools may not be 100% accurate as the spreadsheet does not track head-to-head results. Players are ranked based upon: most wins, head-to-head, battle differential.
About Activity Decisions
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, and an extension has not been requested, it will be coin flipped unless one or both of the players involved in the match specifically request an activity win and explain sufficiently why they deserve to win over their opponent. Attempting to schedule a battle is required in order to receive the win by activity. To make it clear that you are requesting an activity win when you post, you must open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
Please note that all extension requests and activity claims must be posted to the thread, and that all of these will be judged on a case by case basis.
[Credit to the Official Smogon Tournament hosting team for the base form of this rule.]
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, and an extension has not been requested, it will be coin flipped unless one or both of the players involved in the match specifically request an activity win and explain sufficiently why they deserve to win over their opponent. Attempting to schedule a battle is required in order to receive the win by activity. To make it clear that you are requesting an activity win when you post, you must open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
Please note that all extension requests and activity claims must be posted to the thread, and that all of these will be judged on a case by case basis.
[Credit to the Official Smogon Tournament hosting team for the base form of this rule.]
Round Two
Winners Bracket
HisuAvalugg vs twig___
JRoberts vs sablolol
Frosty707 vs HarmonyHatterene37
Shaad Skyel vs Galactic Greninja
LuciferArtemis vs PrinceOfAllTacos
IcyHallsz vs Golden Warrior
WagonFruit vs ogalbina
Stefaan vs Pranay
P2gyorg vs Fenrir Rune
MysticNyan vs kaminjaw
Dorron vs Shade1x
NouoN vs Celestiial
WombatBaby vs SimsyBool
ImmortalMence vs JD Twigs
Garden Sage vs Huskyy
PikachuZappyZap vs Soccerpies
catast vs yerdunc
Ray_Brooks20 vs Tjb145
King L5 vs Aryan3003
jcbc vs Jedonn
Esmeray vs Bowas
Odieq vs Flapple1
Habaduh vs Swagata Mitra
GeniusX vs Harv
Glue vs Hecticashiin
BlazeOfVictory vs 3.14dgeot-Mega
5camp vs apologies
MZ vs Sibales1
SizzleySnom vs Peregrine_ST
olivia7 vs hariyana grande
watashi vs jscurf2
Poppinphresh vs bronzo
attcris vs JubioHDX
luna107 vs Vaami
head0fthetable vs Fleeting Memories
hynax vs LeoRegulus224
Jesse504 vs GoldenBoot04
Reaper Dude vs Lady Salamence
Dartrix - Joker vs SpeedyBlu
Zingmunk vs Happygate
Ahnick vs crow crumbs
daddl_ding vs vengabenga
Rasche vs Ac130gaming
choptch vs a12qsd too
blittius vs Maric28
BLAZING HAWK vs chi yu later
Bye 1 vs hjj no
Gilmoney02 vs Sittingduck1080
OshawottSenpai vs Dragon246
LatiGOD vs robjr
The W-Team vs Bye 2
jacob vs Arkhan
Don Bork vs aagarocks
bhkg vs Venoo
6Roggenrolas vs s1lveryo
Pampey vs Tobii079
Blui vs Pandapear
HyperTM vs rray
kurpie vs Kerthwack
Baws381 vs Xiphactin
QSN vs 2playaLuffy
zxgzxg vs kurse
Bleedal vs Lumaris
Waci vs Benusiek
BetelNutCEO vs Arvid
Azery vs thunderbug
JerseyJared vs ashasash
Jordy004 vs Star
ZebstrikemDown vs scionicle
LC04 vs l3ssth4n3
MonkeBoi215 vs SponsoredPost
RoiDadadou vs Pachequitos
PrinceofUnderworld vs FrootLoops
VoidOfDarknesss vs Shiritu
drebby vs Spwert
Meowscarada! vs Kingsous
Concept Everything vs Enzonana.
KingofKrook vs Manofwoof1
not mishmesh vs sundays.n_sundaes
Rissoux vs Lucas2543
Hospice vs Feyy
Marshy. vs ZardAce
SkillzBP vs SwordMain
rich.p vs Nametab
Hamish150 vs Axelraid2828
Deranged_Lime vs TeeZwo
Demostert vs ultraplayer
CyndaKill-SH vs khmerougegaming
vmnunes vs Crimfinity
lydian vs yuramas
burrg vs Metrona
CivilNathan vs Valerie
HJ5ean vs HarrisIsAwesome
Frablz vs Zaqwe51
Glacier48 vs Chairman Rose
mcgrits vs ComputerWhiz
Almighty Rye vs Dyguain
moaath324 vs Luxanse
lukxray vs Trogba Trogba
foodv_v vs AncientFr33z
SoggyDoggySage vs simpleton
Axel The Flygon vs prismatic_lazar
softlock vs Samm (13ms)
SidTheShuckle vs enjoi18bc
MattyBrollic vs Roufail
Techno6377 vs silver grace
MegaMando vs Wait2Seconds
Babyhuey vs Hawhatos
CG12 vs Professor Shuckle
SOM/05 vs Spcplayzz
henguinie vs Zooch
empoleon9000 vs termnal
JimmyG vs thebeardydragon
DJS vs Amaura745
Kachurin vs Meta
Mister McLovin vs Dhdux
OdinRM vs gorex
Cureja vs Rocker19304
Cliffb7 vs Hacker
hedja vs Imagina 2 vacas
P4bl00 vs Abdul69420
chimp vs ThinkingSceptile
Maxy07 vs BeautyDevon
TRowePrice667 vs Raika
Coconut | 椰果 vs Humdawg
dtGray vs phantomclaw8888
Palkia62 vs teal6
PortlandPrinplups vs shadowtime2000
The drafts for each matchup in this round can be found at this link: https://spo.ink/summer_seasonal_2023_bracket_matchups
The extension deadline is Tuesday, July 4th at 11:59 PM GMT-0
All games must be complete by 11:59PM GMT+/-0 on Sunday, 9th July 2023. Incomplete games will be resolved by the hosts following the Activity Win Rules above.
Here's the challenge command that includes all the teambuilder bans to make it easier for validation. Just paste it in the PMs of your opponent on Smogtours:
REPLAYS ARE MANDATORY.
This thread and all future Summer Seasonal 2023 threads should be considered the final ruling in case of discrepancy between threads, Discord announcements, and Google spreadsheets. Contact a host if you have any questions or spot an error. We are human, after all.
All games must be complete by 11:59PM GMT+/-0 on Sunday, 9th July 2023. Incomplete games will be resolved by the hosts following the Activity Win Rules above.
Here's the challenge command that includes all the teambuilder bans to make it easier for validation. Just paste it in the PMs of your opponent on Smogtours:
/chall gen9terapreviewpaldeadexdraft @@@ -Last Respects, -Shed Tail, -Leppa Berry, -Baton PassREPLAYS ARE MANDATORY.
This thread and all future Summer Seasonal 2023 threads should be considered the final ruling in case of discrepancy between threads, Discord announcements, and Google spreadsheets. Contact a host if you have any questions or spot an error. We are human, after all.
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